I live in Stockton, California on a houseboat in the Delta. Our levees are very old and have not been maintained sufficiently. We have had close calls through the years. December 31, 2005, we had three feet of water in the parking lot of the marina. Parts of A Dock floated off the spuds. This necessitated a close watch as the tide ebbed so we could reallign each spud and keep that dock from tearing itself apart. All this due to heavy on shore winds, a high tide and a warm spell causing a heavy snow

luitpold: Does anyone utilize employee rosters during emergency evacuation drills? If so... system and and visitor in out register with access badge.During emergency evacuation building wardens... control system. Emergency Response Team members check the building to ensure every one has evacuated

for ensuring everyone got out in case of emergency you need the following\ 1. you need a sign... the reason) 3. You need to run emergency drills semi-regular. I would say 1 time each quarter until

I am new to the forum and just returned to the safety field after a 5-yr hiatus in Law Enforcement. I'm a little rusty and researching some program questions that have recently been raised. The OSHA regs provide some answers, but also raise more questions. Ifunder your Emergency Response plan

As you can see, there are many methods for taking head count at the Assembly Point after an evacuation. It's the method that works for you. At our University we have Administration Buildings, Academic Buildings, Residence Halls, and Support Facilities. Not to mention Athletic Events and other Public Events. For Staff and Faculty head counts we rely on a Building Manager who has a list from each department within their building who keeps an accruate list of personnel under their control. When someone

We also delegate the responsibility to each director/manager/supervisor for each departement. The rosters are their responsibility and all we do is accumulate the information from each director during an evac. The information goes as follows: Supervisor->Manager->Director->EHS personnel->EHS Director(sometimes also include VP of company). If your facilities are the size of ours it would be nearly impossible to maintain records for each particular dept. Hope that helps in some way.

Luitpold, Definitely. We are a facility with 300 employees and some percentage are always offsite. We separate our lists by department. We keep several lists. One is with the receptionist and another set is with HR. The receptionist also handles the visitor's log. Mike CJ

I came across an interesting piece on SafetyLounge.com about OSHA seeking to reform Emergency Response Standards. I've seen another piece on the BLR site a while back saying that OSHA has canceled older first aid guidelines and implemented new ones. I dont know if the 2 are related. Was wondering

Hello: I am the Safety & Security Officer for Pasco Hernando Community College near Tampa FL. We just got inspected by Pasco County Fire Services who used a special extension device to reach our emergency lighting units. Of course, once he did reach them, he promptly found many of them did

This is what I use to test the emergency lights at our facility: a pole that is designed for painting (constructed of fiberglass and aluminum) which extends several feet (reaches a total of 12... that it can press the testing button whether it be on the side or the bottom of the emergency lights